Sea Hunt Pearls, Jack Lynch, and the Souffle' Pearl

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Jan 25, 2015

Back in 2010, Jack Lynch of Sea Hunt Pearls sent a pre-AGTA Tucson show email blast to his clients: a new pearl is coming to town!

And it's smelly! (When drilled.)

But very beautiful.

Enter the aptly-named Souffle' Pearl, Jack's gift to the pearl industry...



On opening day, I hustled over to the Sea Hunt Pearls booth and bought several magnificent pearls and took them home. The result: my photograph and article in JCK Magazine have been replicated all over the internet and Jack's Souffle' moniker took hold and is in standard use today...

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[pattye]

Wowed by that photo again, Blaire! Very cool!

I recall at first the souffle were stinky and needed to be cleaned, but is that continuing to be the situation? Is a slightly different material being used as the nucleus currently?

 

[newberry]

Blaire I remember when you first showed me those beauties and one of them had to be mine. It still brings a smile to my face and I wear it often.

 

[newberry]

Sorry for the size of the picture.

 

[lisa c]

I'm not! It's super

 

[Cees]

Does anyone has experiences of how fragile these hollow Souffle pearls are in a strand?

 

[pattye]

Great fun to see the close-up of the necklace in your avatar, Cynde! Unique with gorgeousness to spare!

 

[newberry]

Cees I can't speak for a strand but I can say my souffle pearl enhancer above is typically worn on a 36 inch chain. It has been knocked around because it hangs a few inches above the waist. Is it fragile? Not in the least. It is the pearl that is almost touching Blaire's upper finger nail. It has been worn for almost 5 years now and looks as good today as it did in the original picture.

 

[pattye]

Hisano has cut many souffles in half for her geode earrings, necklaces and rings; these have extremely thick nacre! I hope she or Jeremy will stop by to answer your question.

 

[pearlescence]

Jack's lovely, so are his pearls

 

[Katbran]

He is an exceptionally charming man !

Newberry - don't apologise for the size of the photo ! I'd make it even bigger they are so gorgeous!

 

[GemGeek]

With the new format, larger photos are fine. Portrait mode makes them look bigger.

Jack says he played up the smelly part. Only some of them are smelly and it cleans up nicely.

 

[GemGeek]

Newberry, I still adore that pearl! And it's been published.

 

[BAS]

I'll get back to souffles in a minute -- but I just want to stop to admire Newberry's fireball necklace. A necklace of clean metallic fireballs is on my wishlist.

Cees -- souffles in a strand are not fragile in the least. The nacre is super thick. I have a double strand that I twist and they are still perfect. I have a "super strand" which is a pale metallic silver/lavender and isn't delicate at all. The souffles in my longer tin cups do bump against tables/desks occassionally and they are fine, too. I wholeheartedly recommend souffle pearls. I adore them.

Oh, I even have a souffle ring that I wear as an elementary school teacher and it gets bumped and washed with soap and dish-washing liquid constantly, and is still perfect after a year! (I figured I'd rather wear and enjoy and replace it than leave it in a box. No need to replace yet!)

Now, some souffle pictures!





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[JerseyPearl]

Great photos of souffl?s!

 

[pkinnew]

I love seeing pictures of souffles - little pillows of nacre! newberry - I have always been in awe of your fireball necklace and souffle enhancer and the bigger pictures makes it even better!

 

[KAC]

Blaire I remember when you first showed me those beauties and one of them had to be mine. It still brings a smile to my face and I wear it often.View attachment 32919

Thanks for posting that, I don't think I've ever seen this piece before. Now THAT'S a statement necklace!

 

[baby nurse]

Oooh, gorgeous souffles newberry and BAS!

 

[kelluvpearls]

I love both sets!

 

[newberry]

Thanks everyone I should also say that the fireball necklace (and smaller pink pearl in the enhancer) comes from Pearl Paradise in 2009 and the soufle enhancer was created by Jeremy.